Hello Rocky, > I'm using Debian Sarge 3.1 with backports in my source list. > Days ago, I aptitude upgraded openoffice to 2.0. I can start it by input Do you know which version number it has? 2.0.1-X or more recent? I use my self-compiled debian version 2.0.2-3.4pre (from CVS) together with sun-java 1.4 and I have no problem to start writer. Ciao, Joo [ OOo 2.0.2, Debian Sarge, i386, AMD Duron ]